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MAY 8, 2021

A two-judge division bench of the Supreme Court of India on Thursday denied relief in a petition by the Election Commission of India seeking to restrict media coverage of open courts. The petition was made by the Election Commission on account of the oral remarks of the High Court of Madras that had compared the Election Commission’s mismanagement of COVID-19 protocol during the recent spate of state elections with the crime of murder.

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MAY 8, 2021

“Justice Breyer should learn from Justice Ginsburg’s mistake — and retire now; Making way for a successor would protect his Supreme Court legacy”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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MAY 8, 2021

An Indiana court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by a gay teacher who claimed he was dismissed from his position at a Catholic high school after marrying another man. According to The Indianapolis Star, Joshua Payne-Elliott worked as a world language and social studies teacher at Cathedral High School from 2006 until 2019. Joshua, notes.

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MAY 8, 2021

“GOP’s Voting Curbs Show Long Reach of 2013 Supreme Court Ruling”: Greg Stohr and Margaret Newkirk of Bloomberg News have this report.

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MAY 8, 2021

Cruz Reynoso, who was a Supreme Court associate justice for almost five years during the 1980’s, has died at the age of 90. Reynoso served on the court from 1982 — after his appointment by Governor Jerry Brown — until he and two other justices were defeated in an election for new terms. Former Justice Joseph Grodin, who served on the court with Reynoso and was one of the other two justices who lost in the November 1986 election (the third, Chief Justice Rose Bird, died in 1999

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Corporate Governance

MAY 8, 2021

Charles Schwab 2021 annual meeting is May 13, 11:30 AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit here. You must register in advance to attend and vote at the meeting. What could go wrong? (sarcasm) Of course, I recommend voting in advance. To enhance long-term value. Vote AGAINST Bettinger, […]. The post Charles Schwab 2021 Proxy appeared first on Corporate Governance.

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MAY 8, 2021

On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed and approved legislation that will make it more difficult for state residents to vote. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, DeSantis has long touted the law as a fraud-fighting measure—even though there is no evidence that any widespread voter fraud occurred in the 2020 general election. Black Enterprise.

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MAY 8, 2021

So far the USPTO has issued 148 patents that reference COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. I'm sure many-more to come. Link goes to the list: [link] pic.twitter.com/iEq1tTc5oF. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) May 7, 2021.

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MAY 8, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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MAY 8, 2021

A recently-filed lawsuit alleges that Google is continuing to profit by selling consumer information, despite the company’s continued claims that it does not sell personal data. “Google promises its hundreds of millions of users that it ‘will never sell any personal information to third parties’ and ‘you get to decide how your information is used.’.

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MAY 8, 2021

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MAY 8, 2021

The family of late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell have settled a lawsuit filed against a physician they claimed over-prescribed the musician medication. CBS News reports that court documents filed by Cornell’s widow, Vicky Cornell, as well as the couple’s children, suggest that a confidential settlement has been reached. While the settlement was purportedly reached in.

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Corporate Governance

MAY 8, 2021

United Parcel Service 2021 annual meeting is May 13, 5AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UPS2021. You will need your 16-digit control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form, or the Notice of Internet Availability. Mine came by email. I recommend voting in advance.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 8, 2021

Just as the Commission formally announced its refusal to give consent to the UK’s accession to the Lugano Convention , Andrew Dickinson has provided a comprehensive overview on the state of Private International Law for civil and commercial matters in the UK and EU, which has just been published in the latest issue of Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (IPRax 2021, p. 218).

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MAY 8, 2021

The Apex Court issued directions to the prison authorities and asked them to be considerate about the concerns of inmates who might not be willing to be released during COVID, either due to their social background or because of the fear of being victims of deadly COVID. The bench made the above observation while issuing directions for the release of certain category of inmates on interim bail or parole in order to avoid congestion of inmates.

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the final case of its term on Tuesday in Terry v. United States , about reductions of prison sentences for certain crack cocaine offenses. In 2008 Tarahrick Terry was arrested and charged under 21 USC § 841(a)(1) for carrying just shy of 4 grams of crack cocaine, and sentenced under 21 USC § 841(b)(1)(B), a statute created under the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which created a 100 to 1 disparity in sentencing crack cocaine versus powder cocaine.

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MAY 8, 2021

There are new disclosures from Hunter Biden’s laptop that offer an added perspective on his dealings with Chinese figures, including Patrick Ho, secretary general of Chinese oil giant CEFC, who was later indicted and has been connected with Chinese intelligence. The emails and pictures relate to the young Chinese assistant supplied to Hunter who makes revealing statements about the fluid expense accounts and level of support given Hunter by the Chinese.

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday expressed strong concerns about a “rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions “ in Latin America and the Caribbean. Incidents reportedly include threats or harassment against various human rights institutions or their staff in South America, attacks on the property and staff of human rights organisations in Haiti, an

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Thursday a bill introducing sweeping restrictions to mail-in voting access. Senate Bill 90—which critics have labelled as a violation of voting rights and a form of voter suppression—limits access to mail-in ballots and drop boxes as well as tightens identification requirements for voting by mail.

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced Wednesday that it would be ending a Trump-era rule that would allow businesses to classify certain workers as independent contractors rather than employees. The end of the independent contractor rule is expected to permit so-called “gig workers” to be entitled to minimum wage and overtime compensation benefits under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai Wednesday announced the Biden-Harris Administration’s “support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.” These extraordinary times and circumstances of call for extraordinary measures. The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we’ll actively participate in @WTO negotiations to make that happen. pic.twitter.com/96ERlboZS8. — Ambassador Katherine Tai (@Amba

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